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|mdlsjtxt=[Att. Poets often use the penult. [[short]], as ποιῶ, ποιεῖν, etc., [[which]] are often written ποῶ, ποεῖν, etc., as in Lat. [[poeta]], [[poesis]].] [the [[perfect]] [[passive]] is also used in [[middle]] [[sense]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> Used in two [[general]] senses, to make and to do.<br />A. to make, [[produce]], [[create]], in Hom. often of [[building]], π. [[δῶμα]], [[τεῖχος]], etc.; of [[smith]]'s [[work]], π. [[σάκος]] Il.; of works of art, Il., etc.; ποιεῖν τι ἀπὸ ξύλου to make [[something]] of [[wood]], Hdt.; π. πλοῖα ἐξ ἀκάνθης Hdt.; so, c. gen., π. νηὸν λίθου Hdt.; φοίνικος αἱ θύραι πεποιημέναι Xen.:—Mid., [[οἰκία]] ποιήσασθαι to [[build]] them houses, Il.; also, to [[have]] a [[thing]] made, get it made, Hdt., Dem.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to make, [[create]], ἕτερον φίλιππον ποιήσετε Dem.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of Poets, to [[compose]], [[write]], (old English to make), Lat. carmina facere, Hdt., [[attic]]:—also, to make or [[represent]] in [[poetry]], [[Ὅμηρος]] Ἀχιλλέα πεποίηκε ἀμείνω Ὀδυσσέως Plat.: to [[describe]] in [[verse]], Plat.: to put [[into]] [[verse]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[bring]] to [[pass]], [[bring]] [[about]], [[cause]], Hom., etc.: c. acc. et inf. to [[cause]] or [[bring]] [[about]] that . . , Od., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of sacrifices, and the like, π. ἱρά, like ἕρδειν, Lat. [[sacra]] facere, Hdt., Xen., Thuc., etc.; π. [[Ἴσθμια]] to [[hold]] the Isthmian games, Xen.; π. ἐκκλησίαν (as we say, to make a [[house]]), Thuc.:—Mid. in [[same]] [[sense]], but implying [[indirect]] [[action]], ἀγορὴν ποιήσατο Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of war and [[peace]], πόλεμον ποιεῖν to [[cause]] a war, but, π. ποιεῖσθαι to make war (on one's own [[part]]), Xen.;—so, εἰρήνην π. to [[bring]] [[about]] a [[peace]] (for others); but, εἰρήνην ποιεῖσθαι to make [[peace]] (for [[oneself]]), etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> the Mid. is often used periphr. with Nouns, ποιεῖσθαι ὁδοιπορίην for ὁδοιπορεῖν, π. πλόον for πλέειν, [[θαῦμα]] π. for θαυμάζειν, ὀργὴν π. for ὀργίζεσθαι, Hdt. etc.:— π. λόγον τινός to make [[account]] of . . , Hdt.; but, τοὺς λόγους π. to [[hold]] a [[conference]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> with an adj. as predic. to make so and so, ποιεῖν τινα ἄφρονα to make one [[senseless]], Od.; δῶρα ὄλβια ποιεῖν to make them blest, i. e. [[prosper]] them, Od.; π. τοὺς Μήδους ἀσθενεῖς Xen.:—so with a Subst., ποιεῖν τινα βασιλῆα Od.; Ἀθηναῖον π. τινα Thuc.:—Mid., ποιεῖσθαί τινα ἄλοχον or ἄκοιτιν to [[take]] her to [[oneself]] as [[wife]], Il.; ποιεῖσθαί τινα [[υἱόν]] to make him one's son, i. e. to [[adopt]] him as son (cf. [[εἰσποιέω]]), Il., [[attic]]:—also, [[ἑωυτοῦ]] ποιεῖσθαί τι to make a [[thing]] one's own, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> to put, π. τι ἐνὶ φρεσί τινι Hom.; π. τι ἐπὶ νόον τινί Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in war, π. τινας ὑπό τινι to [[bring]] under the [[power]] of . . , Dem.:—Mid., ποιεῖσθαι ὑπ' ἑωυτῶι Hdt.; ποιεῖσθαί τινας ἐς τὸ συμμαχικόν Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> in Mid. to [[hold]], [[deem]], [[consider]], [[reckon]], [[esteem]] a [[thing]] as . . , συμφορὴν ποιεῖσθαί τι to [[take]] it for a [[visitation]], Hdt.; δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαί τι, Lat. [[aegre]] ferre, Hdt.; [[μέγα]] π., c. inf., to [[deem]] it a [[great]] [[matter]] that . . , Hdt.; οὐκ ἀνάσχετον π. τι Thuc., etc.:—often with Preps., δι' οὐδενὸς π. τι to [[hold]] as [[naught]], Soph.;—ἐν ἐλαφρῶι, ἐν ὁμοίωι π. Hdt.; ἐν σμικρῶι, ἐν ὀργῆι Dem.;—παρ' [[ὀλίγον]], παρ' οὐδὲν π. τι Xen.;—περὶ [[πολλοῦ]], περὶ πλείονος, περὶ πλείστου ποιεῖσθαί τι [[attic]]<br /><b class="num">VI.</b> to put the [[case]] [[assume]], that . . , Hdt., Xen.:—Pass., οἱ φιλοσοφώτατοι ποιούμενοι those who are reputed . . , Plat.<br /><b class="num">VII.</b> of [[Time]], οὐ π. χρόνον to make no [[long]] [[time]], i. e. not to [[delay]], Dem.; τὴν νύκτα ἐφ' ὅπλοις ποιεῖσθαι to [[spend]] it under [[arms]], Thuc.<br />B. to do, [[much]] like [[πράσσω]], Hom., etc.; οὐδὲν ἂν ὧν νυνὶ πεποίηκεν ἔπραξεν Dem.; Σπαρτιητικὰ ποιέειν to act like a Spartan, Hdt.; προσταχθὲν π. Soph., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. acc. dupl. to do [[something]] to [[another]], κακά or ἀγαθὰ ποιεῖν τινά Hdt., etc.; also εὖ, [[κακῶς]] π. τινά Xen., etc.:—also c. dat. pers., ἵππωι [[τἀναντία]] π. Xen.; so in Mid., φίλα ποιεῖσθαί τινι Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> with an adv., ὧδε ποίησον do [[thus]], Hdt.; ποίει [[ὅπως]] [[βούλει]] Xen.;—so with a partic., εὖ ἐποίησας ἀπικόμενος Hdt., etc.:— [[καλῶς]] ποιῶν is [[sometimes]] almost Adverbial, [[καλῶς]] ποιοῦντες πράττετε Dem.; εὖ ποιοῦν [[fortunately]], Dem.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> absol. to be doing, to do or act, ποιέειν ἢ [[παθέειν]] to do or [[have]] done to one, Hdt.:—of [[medicine]], to [[work]], [[operate]], Plat.; so, ἡ [[εὔνοια]] παρὰ πολὺ ἐποίει ἐς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους [[good]]-[[will]] made [[greatly]] for the Lacedaemonians, Thuc.; so impers., ἐπὶ πολὺ ἐποίει τῆς δόξης τοῖς μὲν ἠπειρώταις [[εἶναι]] it was the [[general]] [[character]] of the one to be landsmen, etc., Thuc.